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My doctor referred me. She was absolutely unbelievable.

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She took it very seriously.

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At this point I had been to every service and no-one cared. 
I was really down and didn't know who to turn to.

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There I was homeless with the kids and I just thought, 
‘someone is going to help me now’.

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She came out to see me. 

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To be honest she gave me all the information.

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Lots of leaflets and made me fully aware of all the choices.

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She gave me options as well and said, 
"I don’t have to go ahead with anything".

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I was really happy with her to be honest.

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She was really helpful.

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She listened to me and gave me advice 
and I am really pleased with her.

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The abuse got worse and worse

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and I picked up one of the leaflets with the helpline contact number.

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At first I was too scared to call, I couldn't do it...

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and then one day it all got too much 
and I thought ‘I have to do something?'

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It’s the first in my entire life where I can put myself first,

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where I will not accept abuse...”

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"You can start again, you can make new experiences...

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and you can deal with them 
cos you’re given the appropriate tools.”